The Condition of Women Living in Canada: Child Abuse in Pre-Contact Anishnaabek Times: In pre-contact Anishnaabek times, child abuse was not a social problem. Children were t...
My father speat 14 years of his life in a Residential school and thus I grew up without a father. That was pretty tough. He came out of that school "institutionalized and unable to love". He was physically abused and was physically abusive himself. My mother opted to be a single parent and left my father. It wasn't til i was in my late teens that I would actually realize this was the best thing she could of ever done for my brother, sister and myself. She gave us a good life. The generational impacts have had lasting affects on families. All the turmoil you see today our communities with all the abuse.
Miigwetch
Janet
Janet,
ReplyDeleteThis post touched my heart, I can definately appreciate you sharing such a personal story and cannot imagine how it must be to walk a day in your shoes. i can however empathize with the fact that your mother chose to be a single mom and give you and your sibblings a better life free of the abuse of your father as a result of the "systems in Canada" I am a single mom who chose my children over the life we had and am now trying to do the best i can for them and me! I feel you are a truely brave person to say this on here you have made me realize how important it is to share our stories and open other peoples eyes to the horrible things that happen right here in our Country that nobody really knew about till it was too late to stop reprocussions from taking place.
thank you for sharing
Angela "northern and rural group"